NASA’s Hubble Telescope Reaches Milestone, Looks for Elusive Supernova
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope imaged the galaxy cluster MACS J0417, which acts as a gravitational lens. Researchers are now searching for the predicted reappearance of Supernova Athena, originally discovered in 2025 by the James Webb Space Telescope. The cluster bends and magnifies light from distant objects behind it.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of massive galaxy cluster MACS J0417 (left of center) on Sept. 19, 2026. This galaxy cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying light from objects far behind it. Supernova Athena, discovered by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2025, is predicted to reappear between now and […]
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